2024 Monkeypox. Here the biology of mpxv is reviewed,. Since january 1, 2024, the democratic republic of the congo (drc) has reported more than 47,000 suspected mpox cases and more than 1,000 suspected deaths.

As the world still vividly recalls the previous monkeypox (mpox) outbreak that impacted over 120 countries worldwide with more than 99,000 cases in 2022, we are now facing a second wave. Since 2023, an epidemic of a new variant of mpox, known as clade 1b, began in central africa.